Shutter-holder.



N0. 694,975. Patentad am. n, 1902.

E. c. s. MARSHALL.

SHUTTER HOLDER.

A limfimi' AM Mar. 1, 1901 3N0 Model.)

A/ l/E/V 7 WWW WIT/YESSES UNITED STATES LATENT OFFICE."

ELIZABETH C. S. MARSHALL, OF; PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,975, dated March11,1902.

Application filed March 1, 1901. Serial Nol9,504. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH O. S. MAR- SHALL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inShutter-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, andsufi'icient specification, reference being bad to the drawings annexed.

My invented device has reference to that class of shutter-holders inwhich fastener or holder spans the distance between the shut ters.

The object of my invention is to keep the shutters a constant distanceapart and obtain therefrom a fixed angle of bowing.

Figure l is a view of a pair'of shutters provided with my inventeddevice. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking downward upon the shut ters andthe fastener or holder. Fig. 3 is a side view of the holder, full size,turned up side down for convenience in drafting. Fig. 4 is aview of thesame looking at Fig. 3 fr'onl above.

The shutters AA are provided with a pair of rings 3 3, held to theshutters by means of the staples 2 2. These rings are used to pull theshutters together and are very convenient,-

as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; but I do not limit myself to them. In myinvention I- make use of the space created between the rings andshutters to insert the tines of the removable portion of the holder.

The removable portion of the holder consists of tines fitting into thespaces above mentioned and a link 7, rigidly connected to these tines,which extends outwardly into the path of movement of the shutters andforms a stop against which the inside of the shutter will strike uponany impulse being given portion of the holder isless likely to be shakenout of position. The two tines 5 and 6 are bent toward each other attheir lower por tions, and the extreme lower portion of the tines 5 5spread a little, as shown at Fig. 4,

to make it easier to insertit into the spaces provided by the staples 22, so that when the tines are inserted the outwardly-spread portion 4tot tines 5 5 will make the insertion very easy, while the bendingtogether of the two tines 5 and 6 will form an additional secnrityagainst their being shaken ofi, espe= cially when the shutters are blowneither in wardly or outwardly.

Having now described my invention, what I claim,- and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination in a shutter-holder, of a pair of staples and rings witha removable fastener consisting of a bow-shaped wire with hooks or tinesupon each end.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand;

ELIZABETH G. S. MARSHALL. Witnesses:

E. E. BERTHOUD, A. LOWRIE.

